'Love that gives us ourselves, in the world known to all new techniques for the healing of the wound'
May you have rest, warmth and joy in your week ahead. <3
Reading corner
Elegy in Joy
by Muriel Rukeyser
We tell beginnings: for the flesh and the answer,
or the look, the lake in the eye that knows,
for the despair that flows down in widest rivers,
cloud of home; and also the green tree of grace,
all in the leaf, in the love that gives us ourselves.
The word of nourishment passes through the women,
soldiers and orchards rooted in constellations,
white towers, eyes of children:
saying in time of war What shall we feed?
I cannot say the end.
Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings.
Not all things are blest, but the
seeds of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed, this wave of the sea, this look, this instant of love.
Years over wars and an imagining of peace. Or the expiation journey
toward peace which is many wishes flaming together,
fierce pure life, the many-living home.
Love that gives us ourselves, in the world known to all
new techniques for the healing of the wound,
and the unknown world. One life, or the faring stars.
Healing notes I wanted to begin this year on a positive note; I even took a holiday to prepare for it. Yet, my body was prepping me for different things. Headaches, knee collapses, lots of bedtime and horizontal life. It's been some learning and some exploring of simple joys.
I have been thinking about what we give time and space to as I find myself in a place where comments about my 'weak' (and 'fat') body have become overwhelming. There is a part of me that is able to hide the illness well - just giggle awkwardly and answer about being alive and okay. Of course, I cannot hide the weight I have gained in any substantial way - it is all present and often occupying space in a way that is seen as offensive. It makes me think about what I do give space to. Meaningful ideas? Kind thoughts? Being present with this body in all its imperfections? All the while I am overwhelmed with negative comments and sad thoughts. I succeed somedays. Those days are new beginnings and meanings.
I tell myself beginnings happen with twists, turns but have meaning.
Healing is not always how I perceive it but it is still healing when I accept and embrace myself in my current form.
Loneliness makes me do some difficult things but kind things for myself as well. I need to persist.
Nature, water and birds have a deep connection with me and I need to go out more. Just be present with kind things.
'Let us nourish beginnings.'
Come, let us. There is possibility for so much there.
Food experiments
I discovered my love for arvi with this dish that I just made. Nothing special honestly. :)
Arvi curry
250 gms of arvi
Salt
Pepper
Jeera Powder
Mirchi powder
oil
Take about 250 gms of arvi. Boil it in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles.
Once cool, peel the arvi and place in a bowl. In a pan, heat some oil with jeera. Next add a few pieces of arvi to the pan. Roast it for a while. Add salt, pepper, jeera powder, mirchi powder and continue roasting.
Remove the pieces and repeat process with remaining pieces of arvi.
YUM YUM YUM!
Dear you,
I have been absent for a week because of a long overdue vacation and some rest.
Hope you've been well in the meantime. <3
Love, kindness and warmth,
Nidsitis
'I’ve been circling for thousands of years and I still don’t know: Am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song?' - Rainer Maria Rilke